Wringer.



'E. D. DUMOND.

WRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25, 1915.

1,1 85,780. Patented June 6, 1916.

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EUGENE D. DUMOND, -F WATERLOO, IOWA.

- WRINGER.

Application filed October 25, 1915. Serial No. 57,756.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EUGENE D. DUMOND, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Waterloo, Blackhawk county, Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wringers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in movable to impart direction to cloths to pass them between the rolls from underneath, from either side, as desired; fourth,

to support over said rolls a deflector, adapted to be swung forward or backward to permit of cloths which issue from the rolls to pass either forward or back; fifth, to supply disengageable power conveying elements to the driving roll, with means for engaging.

or disengaging said elements when the movable roll is moved into contact with said fixedly mounted driving roll, and sixth, to mount the said first-mentioned deflector below said rolls so as to yield elastically when pushed beyond a certain stage of movement in either of opposite directions.

These objects I have accomplished by the means which are hereinafter described and claimed, and which are illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved wringer, and Fig. 2 is an elevation of the opposite side, with a part broken away.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the wringer, taken transversely relative to the rolls, with parts broken away, and Fig. 4: is a like transverse section, with part of one end of the lower deflector broken away. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the wringer, and Fig. 6 is a plan thereof. Fig. 7 is a horizontal section of said device, taken on the-line m?; of said Fig. 4.

Similar numerals of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Spaced standards 1 and 2 have bearing orifices to' receive the ends of a rotatable shaft't, and the hub of a handled crank 21 is secured on one end thereof by a spliflkey 21. On the other end of the shaft 4: is rotatably non-slidably mounted a sprocketwheel 11, whose hub 10 is prolonged toward the standard 1 and provided with a ratcheted face. A slidable non-rotatable clutchsleeve 9 is mounted on the shaft 4 between said hub and said standard and has a ratcheted end adapted to mate with the ratcheted end of said hub. A coiled spring 8 is seated about said shaft between said clutch-sleeve and said standard to bear against both and yieldingly elastically retain the sleeve in clutch with thehub. The wheel 11 and roll 6 mounted on said shaft 4 may be .driven by a sprocket-chain from any desired prime mover, but the crankhandle may be used by hand-power, when mounted thereon. Another shaft 3 carrying a like roll 5 is mounted in the same horizontal plane to one side of the roll 6, but is movable to'and from the roll 6 with the ends of its shaft movable along and between spaced ribs 39 on said standards. The end of each of said shafts is movably embraced by a semi-circular head 37 on a stem which has an annulusseated movably in a springcasing 21 on the adjacent standard, to bear cam 19,said cams fixed on a rock-shaft 16 whose ends are passed through alined orifices in the bifurcations. A sleeve 17 having an integral arm 18 is fixedly mounted on the shaft 16, and on the end of said shaft which extends beyond the "standard 1 is fixed a cam 15. e

The numeral 12 denotes a lever, one end being forked at 38, with the ends of the forks received movably into an annular groove on the clutch-sleeve 9Q The lever is pivotednear its middle on a pintle 1 L between lugs 13 on the'standard 1, and its outer end is kept in contact with the outer cam-face of the cam- 15 by pressure of the spring 8 against the clutch sleeve. U-shaped integral projections 7' on the opposed faces of the standards 1 and 2 serve to cover the 'interspaces between the ends of the rolls 5 and 6 and the standards. In the interspace.

of the standards below said rolls is located of said deflector to have its ends extend in orifices in said standards.

through the end walls of the deflector a short distance into the interspace on each standard between two parallel horizontal ribs 31- and 32 on the inner faces thereof, the ends of the interspaces between the ribs being closed, and ooiledssprings 3O seated in said interspaces on each side of said bar.

The springs 30" are shorter than the spaces between the bar and the end-closures of the standards for a purpose to be explained hereinafter.

Another deflector is supported medially and longitudinally above the rolls 5 and 6 to swing forward and back on a shaft 23 whose ends .are both rotatable and slidable An end of the shaft 23 which extends beyond the standard 2 has a collar fixed thereon, the latter having a radial pin 25 which is receivable fittingly into either of grooves 26 in the upper edge of the standard 2 when the shaft is rocked either way, and the "pin is held re leasably in the groove by a coiled spring 24 .mounted on said shaft between said stand- ,ard and the adjacent end of said deflector.

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Operation When the arm 18 is swung upwardly to the position shown in said Fig. .3, the cams 19 are rocked to compress the springs 35 to push the roll 5 yieldingly into contact with the fixedly mounted r0116, and the cam is locked by being thrown a little beyondits dead center. The cam 15 is now in a position as indicated in said Fig. 2, where the outer end of the lever 12 is in contact with the depressedpart of its cam-face and since the clutch-sleeve 9 is now held engaged with the hub 10 of the sprocket-wheel 11; the roll 6 may be driven by power imparted to said wheel/ In case it is desired to stop the action of the wringer, the arm 18 is swung downwardly which causes the cams 19 to release the springs 35, so that the roll 5 may spread apart from the roll 6.

. At the same time, the rockingof the cam low the latter to run idly, stopping the rota tion of the roll 6. The deflector, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 3, may be shifted forward or back to rest under either roll 5 or 6. Likewise, the upper deflector22 may be rocked forward or back to have its vertex rest above either roll. When in'the positions shown in Fig. 3, cloths may be introduced between the rolls from below and to the left of the deflector 28 which guides them upwardly, and alsodeflects the water 1 pressed out by the rolls tothe same side.

When the deflector 28 is shifted to the position indicated by the dotted lines in said figure, cloths may be introduced between the rolls from the right-hand side. Also, cloths passed upwardly between the rolls may be deflected to the right, as indicated by the full lines, or to the left, as shown in the dotted lines of said figure. The deflector 22 may be rocked, after it has been pushed w longitudinally, a short distance to compress the spring 24, and release the pin 25 from its groove 26. The reaction of said spring will then seat the pin in the other groove 26. Lugs 27 on the outer sides of said 35 grooves, limit the outer swing of the pin and of said deflector.

Referring now to Figs. 4 and 7, the deflector 28 may be shifted forward or back,

where it ordinarily remains in contact with so the. short uncompressed springs 30. In case of a lump occurring in the cloths passing between the rolls 5 and 6, the deflector may ,push back compressing said springs until the obstruction has passed, allowing the springs to react and return the deflector to the usual working position. Since the rolls 5 and 6 are mounted in the same horizontal plane, it is possible for the operator to see cloths issue from between them when the deflector 22 is rocked to permit delivery on the said side, and the cloths may be delivered to diiferent receptacles located to the front and rear of the wringer,'by simply rocking the deflector 22 as necessary, for ward or back.

Any deviations in form, design, arrangement, dimensions, or location of the parts of my said machine are, when mechanical equivalents, intended hereby to be protected by the scope of my invention and within the principles thereof.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In combination, supporting means, rotatable rolls supported thereon, awedgeshaped body supported underneath them with the arris arranged longitudinally thereof, means for limiting the scope of movement transversely of said body, and other means for exercising a yielding tension upon said body when moved beyond a certain stage in either direction.

2. In combination, supporting means, rotatable rolls supported thereon, a wedgeshaped body supported underneath them with the arris arranged longitudinally thereof, and means for elastically limiting the scope of movement of said body in either 1510 direction, comprising spaced stops on each rolls adapted to be shifted to change the direction of articles issuing from said rolls to pass to either side of the wringer.

4. In combination, supporting means, ro tatable rolls supported thereon, adeflecting body supported movably over said rolls adapted to be shifted to change the direction of articles issuing from said rolls to pass to either side of the wringer, and means for holding said deflecting body releasably in an adjusted position.

5. In combination, supporting means, rotatable rolls supported thereon, a deflecting body supported movably over said rolls adapted to be shifted to change the direction of articles issuing from said rolls, and resiliently controlled means for holdin said deflecting body releasably in an ad usted position;

6. In combination, supporting means, rotatable rolls supported thereon, a deflecting body supported movably over said rolls adapted to be shifted to change the direc tion of articles issuing from said rolls, re-

' siliently controlled means for holding said deflecting body releasably in an adjusted position, and stops on said supports adapted to limit the movement of said deflecting body in either direction.

7. .In combination, supporting means, rotatable rolls supported thereon, and a defleeting body swingingly supported near said rolls longitudinally, of triangular cross section with one arris directed downwardly, and adjustable toward either roll to direct articles issuing from between the rolls to one side or the other of the wringer.

8. In combination, supporting means, ro-

tatable rolls supported thereon, and a triangular deflecting body swingingly supported near and above the rolls medially and longitudinally with one arris directed downwardly.

9. In combination, supporting means, rotatable rolls supported thereon and arranged in a plane at an angle to the vertical, and deflecting means movable swingingly above the rolls to permit the directing to either side of the wringer of articles issuing from between the rolls.

10. In a wringer, supporting means, rotatable rolls supported thereon, movable deflecting means located at the receiving side of the rolls to permit the introduction of articles therebetween from either side of the deflecting means, and movable deflecting means located at the delivery side of the rolls adapted to direct articles issuing from between the rolls to either side of the latter deflecting means. Signed at Waterloo, Iowa, this 22nd day of October, 1915.

EUGENE D. DUMOND.

Witnesses:

PEARL M. STANTON, GEO. G. KENNEDY. 

